MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: No. 1 Carrollton hosts North Gwinnett in Georgia AAAAAA semifinals

The 2025 high school football season is winding down with just three weeks of games remaining. There are two huge Georgia AAAAAA semifinal matchups taking place led by No. 1 Carrollton hosting North Gwinnett (Suwanee). 

Carrollton jumped to No. 1 in the MaxPreps Top 25 for the first time in program history after a 34-14 win over Grayson (Loganville) last week. The Trojans are 13-0 and are looking for their fifth win over a team in the top 100 on Friday.

North Gwinnett has won 12 in a row after a season-opening 21-7 loss against Douglas County (Douglasville). The Bulldogs have knocked off South Gwinnett (Snellville), Lowndes (Valdosta) and West Forsyth (Cumming) to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2019.

No. 7 Buford makes the near 300-mile trip to Valdosta in the other AAAAAA semifinal. This is the first matchup between the two powerhouse programs since 2020, when the Wolves won 45-26 in a postseason clash. Buford is still in play for the No. 1 spot if it can close out the season with two more wins to claim its first state title since 2021. 

In Texas, No. 5 Southlake Carroll (Southlake) has a huge Conference 6A Division 2 quarterfinal matchup against Guyer (Denton) on Saturday. The Dragons are in the mix for the No. 1 spot and are three wins away from winning their first state championship in 14 years. 

No. 24 Allen faces North Crowley (Fort Worth) in another huge Texas quarterfinal matchup. The Eagles are looking to dethrone last year's 6A Division 1 state champs on Friday. They have gone 26-1 over the last two years with the lone loss coming against the Panthers in last year's quarterfinals. 

In Tennessee, David Gabriel-Georges and No. 17 Baylor (Chattanooga) lock horns with Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) in a matchup of undefeated teams in the Division II-AAA state championship Thursday. 

No. 8 Edna Karr (New Orleans) goes for its 27th consecutive win against Catholic (Baton Rouge) in Louisiana's Division I Select semifinals. This will be the fifth meeting between the two since 2019 with the previous meetings split 2-2. The winner will face either John Curtis Christian (River Ridge) or St. Augustine (New Orleans) in the state championship game. 

In North Carolina, Faizon Brandon and No. 14 Grimsley (Greensboro) host Weddington (Matthews) in the 7A semifinals. The state moved to eight classifications in 2025 and this game features the last two 4A state champs. Grimsley won it in 2024 and Weddington did in 2023. 

In Oklahoma, No. 16 Bixby goes for its eighth consecutive state title and 11th since 2014. The Spartans face Owasso on Saturday at Chad Richison Stadium for the 6A-I championship. These two met in last year's state championship and Bixby won 43-42 in overtime after a successful two-point conversion. They also opened the season against each other and the Spartans rolled to a 49-21 win. 

• • 12-1
    North Gwinnett
  • 13-0
    Carrollton

  12/05

• • 13-0
    Southlake Carroll
  • 11-2
    Guyer

  12/06

• • 13-0
    Buford
  • 12-1
    Valdosta

  12/05

• • 10-2
    Catholic
  • 12-0
    Edna Karr

  12/05

• • 12-1
    Riverdale
  • 12-1
    St. Thomas Aquinas

  12/05

• • 12-1
    Weddington
  • 13-0
    Grimsley

  7p

• • 12-0
    Bixby
  • 10-2
    Owasso

  12/06

• • 11-0
    Brentwood Academy
  • 11-0
    Baylor

  7p

• • 12-1
    Bishop Moore
  • 12-0
    Northwestern

  12/05

• • 9-4
    Trinity Christian Academy
  • 10-2
    Chaminade-Madonna

  12/05

• • 13-0
    Saraland
  • 14-0
    Clay-Chalkville

  12/05

• • 13-0
    Allen
  • 12-1
    North Crowley

  12/05